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A quick reminder from Amelia Taylor: applications for the Macaulay2 workshop at Colorado College are due March 1. Please consider applying and spreading the word to others who might be interested.
We’re saddened to announce that Eckart Viehweg, of the University of Duisburg-Essen, passed away on January 29 after a short illness.
Viehweg was a distinguished algebraic geometer who spoke at the 1986 ICM in Berkeley, and in 2003 was awarded the Leibniz prize with his wife, Hélène Esnault. Here are some photos of Viehweg from MFO, an obituary (English translation here), and a touching dedication to Viehweg in his last work with Esnault.
Graham Leuschke and Roger Wiegand are writing a book about maximal Cohen–Macaulay modules, and have made drafts of some chapters available online. They’re inviting comments and feedback.
We received the following from Dan Isaksen at Wayne State University:
The Department of Mathematics at Wayne State University invites applications for a possible tenure-track position, pending authorization, commencing in Fall 2010. Qualified candidates from any area of mathematics are welcome to apply, but priority will be given to applicants in the research areas of analysis and algebra. Applications should include a signed, detailed vita, description of current research interests, and four letters of recommendation, one of which should address teaching. Solid evidence of teaching at the undergraduate level is preferred to a statement of teaching philosophy.
There is also a possibility of a visiting position for the 2010-2011 academic year. A Ph.D. in mathematics or a related field and a strong interest in research and teaching are required for all positions.
Applications received by December 1, 2009 will be given priority. Upon final approval, the position will be posted at https://jobs.wayne.edu.
Wayne State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and members of underrepresented minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.
MSRI has announced a year-long program in Commutative Algebra for 2012-2013. We will provide news updates as they come available.
We have learned that I.M. Gelfand died on 05 October 2009. More information can be found on the AMS news website.
We have learned that Pierre Samuel died on 23 August 2009. More information can be found on the AMS “In Memory Of” website.
The recent PASI 2009 conference in Olinda, Brazil has spawned a Facebook group! There are many many photos from the conference available there, as well as conversations about the conference and links to other photos (on the conference website, from Manoj Kummini and Marcela Silva).
You need a Facebook account to see the PASI 2009 group and photos.
We’ve learned that Michel André of Ecole Polytechnique Federale (Lausanne, Switzerland), author of Homologie des algèbres commutatives and the André of André–Quillen homology, died in a mountain accident in July. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Thanks to Rodney Sharp and Markus Brodmann for sharing the sad news.
We received the following announcement:
Dear Macaulay 2 user,
With funding from the NSA, we are organizing a Macaulay 2 workshop, from Friday, January 8, 2010 through Tuesday, January 12, 2010, with Thursday January 7 and Wednesday January 13 serving as the travel days. We note that this is just before the annual Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Francisco, and that the location of the workshop will be the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, CA. Activities will start first thing Friday morning (possibly Thursday night).
The purpose of the workshop is to bring the Macaulay 2 developers together with those who would like to share or to develop their skills at writing packages for Macaulay 2 and at developing the corresponding mathematical algorithms. Sample software projects that might be undertaken are visible here (although this page is rather out of date at this point and we are looking for participants who might have new packages they are interested in).